Baby cover holder



Dec. 31, 1957 P. L. JOHNSON BABY COVER HOLDER 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 FiledJan. 6, 1955 P/fiA [R LL/J/MASU/V INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Dec. 31, 1957 P. L.JOHNSON 2,817,853

. BABY COVER HOLDER Fi led Jan. 6, 1955 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 I I I BYATTORNEYS Dec. 31, 1957 P. L. JOHNSON BABY COVER HOLDER 3 Sheets-Sheet 3Filed Jan. 6, 1955 ATTORNEYS States f BABY COVER HOLDER Parker L.Johnson, Hazard, Ky. Application January 6, 1955, Serial No. 480,187

' 2 Claims. c1. -320 This invention relates to a cover holder foranginfant and more particularly to a coverholder for securing a cover incovering relation over; an infant in a crib or bed tohold the infantfrom crawling out from'the cover while held in the bed.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved describedhereinafter which is longitudinally extensible to suit the size of theinfant to be covered or crib within which it is to be used.

Another object of this invention is to provide an'infant cover holder ofthis kind which is adapted to be anchored ina bed while holding a coveron an infant and has a headboard thereon for use with the head of thechild whether or not the headboard is formed on the crib or bed. Y

Other and further objects and advantages of the .inv entector. v

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a modifiedcover holdernfor an infant withthe adjustable head section thereon. 1

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the top of the cover pro- '20 infantcover holder of the. kind to be more par ticularly Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of the modified cover holder shown in Fig. 4. i

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of themodified form of cover holder shownin Figs. 4 and 5 above. 7

Fig. 7 is a plan view of another modified form of the infant coverholder constructed according to another embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 8 is yet another form of my invention.

Fig. 9 is a transverse section of the hinged forms of my invention shownabove and described herein.

I have developed an improved cover holder for holding a cover on aninfant in a crib or small bed and this cover holder is thought to be aconsiderable improvement over the cover holders presently in use.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings the numeral 10designates generally a cover holder constructed according to anembodiment of my invention for holding a cover 11 on an infant while theinfant is in a crib or in a small bed. The cover holder 10 is adapted toflatly engage on a cover 11 while providing free movement of the infantunder the cover so that the infant may move about freely even to thepoint of crawling longitudinally toward the head of the bed or cribwithout becoming uncovered by the cover 11. The cover holder 10 isadapted to cover about the sides of the head of the infant and allow theinfant to roll on its shoulders below the cover 11.

The cover holder 10 is substantially U-shaped in configuration beingmade, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 of the 2,817,853 Paftented Dec. 31, 1957drawings, of substantially flexible sheet material as sheet;

metal, designated generally by the reference numeral 14 in the drawingsand the sheet 14 is cut to provide laterally lying the infant 12. In theoperative position of the cover.

holder 10 the side arms 15.are adapted to lie adjacent to the sides ofthe infant above the cover 11 and the bight portion is adapted to belocated adjacent to the feet of the infant.

In the formation of the flat sheet member 15 there are providedlaterally and longitudinally spaced apart cut out openings 17therethrough for receiving a portion of an anchor strap 18 which is thusconnected to the cover holder 10 and to the bed 20 on which the infantand cover 11 are engaged.

The bed 20 is of a conventional formation having longitudinallyextending frame members 21 thereon with 1 which the anchor strap 18 isadapted to be engaged remote from the cover holder 10.

Also formed or secured on the cover holder 10 there are provided tubularguides 19 adjacent to the cut out openings 17 for the sliding engagementof a headboard or headboard frame to be more particularly describedhereinafter.

In Figs. 4 to 6 of the drawings there is shown a modified form of thisinvention where the cover holder 30 is formed of a length of wire bentupon itself to provide an inner U-shaped member 31 and an outer U-shapedmember 32 with a space between the inner and outer U-shaped portions ofthe wire so that the holder 30 is not entirely, engaged with the coverto be held on to the bed in its.

covering relation to an infant therein.

The wire is extended and bent upon itself to provide an inner U 34 andan outer U 35, the reference numerals 34 and 35 being particularlyadapted to designate the bight portions of the inner and outer U. Asdescribed above the inner and outer U are spaced apart and at the 1corner of the bight portion 34 and 35 there is provided a connector 36for securing the inner U and outer U together in their cover holdingrelation to each other.

The cover holder 30 i to be anchored in a bed in substantially the samemanner as the cover holder 10 described above and there is provided aplurality of eyes 37 on the outer edge of the outer U for receivingtherethrough a strap, not shown in the drawings, as the strap 18.

Also formed on the wire there are provided longitudinally extendingsleeves 38 slidably receiving therein the portions of the headboardframe 39 which are slidably or removably connected to the cover holder.The headboard frame is particularly adapted to be connected to the armsof the cover holder 30 remote from the bight portions formed thereby.The headboard frame 39 has a cross bar 40 extending transversely of thecover holder 30 with depending headboard frame bars 41 perpendicular toa cross bar 40 at the ends thereof. A perpendicular bar 42,perpendicular to the depending bar 41 spaced from the cross bar 40 isslidably engaged within the sleeves 38. The sleeves 38 are so disposedin relation to each other that one of the sleeves will provide a stop 44on the bar 42 to prevent the sliding movement of the headboard frame 39too far along the length of the cover holder 30 as clearly shown in theattached drawings.

There is provided an elongated chain 45' connected at one end to theheadboard frame 39 and the cover holder 30 to prevent the looseengagement of the headboard frame from the cover holder and there isprovided a sheet offabric or other flexible material between thetransversely spaced apart depending bars 42 of the headboard frame sothat the infant will not crawl from the cover being held by the coverholder whether'or not the crib or bed is provided with a headboardto=prevent andprotect'the infant frominjury when out frorn the coverbeing heldby the cover holder herein described.

It is for this reasonthat the headboard frame is provided not only forthe cover holder 30 but also for the cover holder at which time the bars42 of the headboardframe 39 are adapted to be engagedin the tubularguides 19 carried by that cover holder. is placed over sheet with footend corresponding with childs feet and head endas near head board aschilds head will permit. This will keep child from crawling out. Thiscover holder permits additional covers to be added or removed at will.Therefore, the child cannot kick the covers'off nor crawl from underthem.

The cover holders shown and described above may be hinged to the foot oreither side of thebed and may be also made in two hingedly connectedsections, not shown in the drawings.

In Fig. 7 the holder is designated generally by the reference numeral 50being formed of a pair of locked together horizontal frame sections 51locked together by a catch or hasp 52 on the bight portions 54 of thepanel sections 51 which together constitute the horizontal panel 50.

The latch 52 which holds the panel sections 51 together comprises ahorizontally pivoted bar 54, hinged on a vertical axis, at right anglesto the panel 50 pivoted at one end thereof to one of the fragmentarypanels-51 and releasably engaged with the keeper 55 on the other bightportion of the other arm 51: clearly shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings.When thisother end of the bar 54 is engaged within the keeper 52 thepanel is disposed in avertically extending position, relative to the bedon which it is mounted, clearly shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings.

A hinge 56 pivotally mounts the outside edges of both of the armsections 51 to the bed, the hinge 56 comprising a leaf 57 secured to oneof each of the panel sections 51 and the other of the hinge leafs 58being hingedly mounted to the frame of the bed on which the cover holderis mounted.

In such cases where the cover holder is formed of an elongated length ofwire bent to provide a U-shapedcover holder, the center of inner lengthof wire 71 is bent, intermediate the length thereof, to provide asimilar outer length of wire 72 which together with the inner length ofwire provides an arm and a segmental bight portion 74' at one end of thelength of both of the wires 71 and 72. A fiat sheet of material, asmetal or the like 75; is secured at one end to the bight portion 74 toone of the fragmentary bight portions of the panel formed by the longi-Cover holder tudinally extending arms or wires 71 or 72. One of the fiatsheet members is provided with a hinged latch 4. bar 76 mounted thereonand the other end of the latch bar 76 is releasably engageable in akeeper 77 carried by the other member 75 of the other fragmentarysegmental panel section described above.

The outer longitudinally extending arm 72 is provided with a hinge 78with hinge leaves 79 and 80 for hingedly connecting one of the hingedsections of the panel to the crib or bed on which the cover holder is tobe applied.

With the latching arm 76'removed from the keeper 77 both of thepanel-sections may be hinged to a vertically extending position as thevertically extending position shown in dot and dash lines of Fig. 9 ofthe drawings.

While the specific. details of one embodiment of this invention havebeen shown and described herein, the invention is not confined theretoas change and alterations may be made without departing from the spiritand scope thereof as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An infant cover holder for holding in position a cover of an infantin-bed comprising a single length of wire bent to form an inner U-shapedmember and an outer U-shaped member, the ends of the legs of said innerU-shaped member being extended outwardly and rearwardly to formconnected legs of the outer U-shaped member, an inverted U-shaped headmember, right angled bars extending from the lower ends of the legs ofsaid U shaped head member, and means adjustably securing said rightangled bars to the legs of said outer U-shaped member.

2. An infant cover holder for holding in position a cover of an infantin bed comprising a single length of wire bent to form an inner U-shapedmember and an outer U-shaped member, the ends of the legs of said innerU-shaped member being extended outwardly and rearwardly to formconnected legs of the outer U-shaped memher, an inverted U-shaped headmember, right angled bars extending from the lower end-s of the legs ofsaid U-shaped head member, and means adjustably securing said rightangled bars to the legs of said outer U-shaped member, said securingmeans comprising sleeves fixed to each leg of the outer U-shaped member,said sleeves hav ing apertures therein, each leg of said U-shaped headmember extending slidably through an aperture in the sleeve carried bythe adjacent leg of the outer U-shaped member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 78,756Munson June 9, 1868 410,160 Farrington Sept. 3, 1889 1,130,781 WileyMar. 9, 1915 2,019,947 Allen Nov. 5, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS 534,573Germany Sept. 29, 1931

